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Chapter 3 - Rain

Claret's POV

I've been wanting to ask mommy if Nate's her child instead of me. Hmph! I've been wanting to eat the crispy skin of the fried chicken but she gives it to Nate instead every single time!

I've been wanting to eat that icing on top of my cupcakes but she scoops it and gives it to Nate instead like every occasion!

And lastly, I've always wanted to try on that bike but it's Nate's. Duh! I hate him to the top of my lungs.

Opps! Kidding!

When mom's not looking, Nate gives me some parts of the crispy chicken coating and some icing too. And that just gives us trouble because later on, I would faint. Like every single time. And it's always my fault, I know. Not Nate's.

I've been wanting to live like normal.

But normal is not for me.

I consume too much energy and supply of medicine for my ill heart.

Like it's normal for me or us in the household to stock oxygen tanks and we actually have a west wing which is really Claret's wing because it's the part of our house where I usually end up to.

The mini hospital.

Yes, it's more like a hospital than a clinic for its availability of different apparatus for me, to just-

Survive.

And because of my illness, I didn't gain a lot of friends. I am not allowed to go outside and play!

I have always wanted to bask in the rain and run endlessly but who am I kidding. I might not get to see another day.

And that actually nearly happened.

One fine afternoon, we, by we I meant, I and Nate, were left at home alone! It was the day before Christmas and that's actually my birthday! Everyone was so busy for Christmas because that's when we celebrate my birthday instead of the day before. We were told to not go outside and just stay dry inside the corners of my home. Or so we were told! The sun did not set like it's usual time. It's still broad daylight but oh God! All of a sudden, it rained! Gosh! It freaking rained! To my excitement and Nate's too, we ran like banshees towards outside and we shouted and gushed on it and we stayed soaked for God knows how long!

When our parents arrived, to prepare the Noche Buena, I am already chilling and my fever skyrocketed that everyone panicked, including Nate. Because he knew too, the rain is what it caused it. I were brought to the West wing and nobody moved until the family doctors arrived. I were delirious. It's very difficult to keep breathing despite the oxygen on my face. I looked at Nate and gave him a smile, after all, he made today my most exhilarating birthday ever! He just mummed on what happened earlier. I know we'll never hear the end of it. But Nate being Nate, would keep it all for me. If there's someone whom I entrust my whole life completely with, that would be Nate, my best friend. Well, I only got one friend though but he rocks.

And I know he loves me as much as I love him.

Before midnight, instead of celebrating Christmas, my entire family flew to the US to have me treated because..

I had it worse.

Oh, so much for the rain.